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Isn't Helen Webberley still prevented from providing services in UK?

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LoveGrowsWhere · 06/08/2019 10:43

Because she's being quoted as an expert in this article.
inews.co.uk/news/puberty-blockers-transgender-rights-nhs-gender-clinic-uk-tavistock/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

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OldCrone · 06/08/2019 23:02

She probably is breaching the GMC's guidance on how doctors should conduct themselves but, given that she is already suspended, there isn't much else they can do to her.

Not sure about that. Presumably if she goes too far she can be struck off.

XXcstatic · 06/08/2019 22:59

Webberley is suspended by the GMC, so she can't practise medicine in the UK. She would be breaking the law if she prescribed drugs in the UK, because you have to be registered with a professional body to prescribe, and she is suspended from hers. Being quoted as 'an expert' is a bit of grey area though. She isn't breaking the law - anyone can call themselves an expert. She probably is breaching the GMC's guidance on how doctors should conduct themselves but, given that she is already suspended, there isn't much else they can do to her.

Unfortunately, there is also nothing the GMC can do to stop her from prescribing for UK private patients from abroad while suspended. The one silver lining of her doing so, however, is that it makes it highly unlikely that the GMC will ever allow her to prescribe in the UK again. Mermaids will need another fall doc - step forward, Dr H...

FannyCann · 06/08/2019 22:44

As regards Semenya - I thought it was advisable to remove internal testes ( if that is what Semenya has) due to the risk of cancer. Presumably doing that would also reduce testosterone levels. So I would have thought that would be the obvious thing to do.

FannyCann · 06/08/2019 22:40

That article is a mass of contradictions and frankly a load of crap.

The old chestnut of people's genetic (physical) advantages...

“We’ve all seen athletes with genetic ‘inequalities’ in sport,” Dr Webberley told .
“There’s tall basketball players, swimmers with long arms and large feet, who are all technically considered to be at a physical advantage."

Oh, and apparently there are nasty side effects from the drugs Dr Webberley prescribes...

"This is a hormone treatment delivered by injection. Taking GnRH agonist completely stops a person’s natural hormone production.
Those on the drug can experience hot flashes, sexual dysfunction, vaginal atrophy, osteoporosis, infertility, and diminished sex-specific physical characteristics."

“These are quite hefty drugs,” Dr Webberley said.

“We only have to talk to someone whose hormones are not quite right to know how important hormone balance is in a woman’s everyday,” Dr Webberley told .

But all fine for healthy kids and teenagers...Confused

OneEpisode · 06/08/2019 21:56

This article is linked from her twitter feed.
en.brinkwire.com/amp/news/doctor-wouldnt-prescribe-the-hormone-suppressants-iaaf-demands-for-caster-semenya/?__twitter_impression=true
Still described as a GP.
The article seems to be the expert dr saying lowering Caster’s testosterone would be medically unwise.
But Caster is known now to be XY?

OldCrone · 06/08/2019 11:38

No mention of Helen Webberley's suspension and criminal conviction. No mention of the suicide last year of one of Webberley's young patients.

And as for stuff like this: Even though he understood he would need to wait, to ensure he was ready for the irreversible changes to his gender identity, going through puberty “devastated him.”

What on earth is meant by 'irreversible changes to his gender identity'?

inews.co.uk/news/puberty-blockers-transgender-rights-nhs-gender-clinic-uk-tavistock/

ahagwearsapointybonnet · 06/08/2019 11:22

No surprise that they don't have comments open on the article! There are so many things wrong with it...

OldCrone · 06/08/2019 11:19

Yes, Helen Webberley is still suspended along with her husband. She was also found guilty last year of criminal charges including operating an illegal clinic.

hiw.org.uk/healthcare-inspectorate-wales-prosecutes-online-gp

Isn't Helen Webberley still prevented from providing services in UK?
TheInebriati · 06/08/2019 10:54

That article also states that a school counsellor told a child they were trans instead of a lesbian. Isn't that 'conversion therapy'?